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There was ample evidence last week that the Montreal Olympics would have its share of such moments. Hurdler Willie Davenport, 33, who was advised never to run again after he was carried off the field a year ago with a ruptured tendon in his knee, came to the U.S. trials in Eugene, Ore., spiritually and surgically renewed and won a place on his fourth Olympic team. Long Distance Runner Garry Bjorklund, 25, lost a shoe halfway through the grinding 10,000-meter race. Spurred on by the maddening memory of a foot operation that had kept...
There is a global assortment of sentimental-as well as odds-on-favorites. Undeterred by a nasty fall this spring that knocked her unconscious and left her with a hairline vertebral fracture, Britain's Princess Anne will ride with her country's four-member equestrian team at Montreal. Her husband. Captain Mark Phillips, a member of the 1972 gold-medal team, is only an alternate this time...
...compensate with her fast arm movement and astonishing power. Pro Shotputter Brian Oldfield calls her "all arm. If she gets some speed, she'll hit 240 ft." No devotee of training-she chain-smokes Tareyton 100s and quaffs beer with true zeal-Schmidt will check in at Montreal at 6 ft. 1 in. and 178 Ibs., some 10 Ibs. heavier than she would like -the excess due more to weightlifting than beverages. Schmidt also will take to Montreal not only her immense desire to win, but her élan, something that her archfoe lacks...
...record holder (she set a new mark of 226 ft. 9 in. just last Saturday) and gold medalist at Munich, where Schmidt won a bronze. Although Fuchs, 29, has been having the usual youth-v. -age difficulties-Teammate Sabine Sebrowski recently beat her-she is at her peak for Montreal. The compactly built (5 ft. 6½ in., 155 Ibs.) blonde from the village of Egeln is determined to bring home the gold again, not for herself this time but "for the people who pay the taxes that enable me to compete." A Communist Party member since 1972 and honorary...
...grande dame v. the showgirl v. the teenybopper. As the experts see it, the women's gymnastics competition in Montreal is a three-way toss-up-with a half-twist, double back somersault, of course. Returning to defend her championship in what has become the glamour-girl event for Olympic TV audiences is Russia's Ludmilla Turishcheva, 23, the all-round competition gold-medalist at Munich, renowned for her controlled grace and classical repertory. The cameraman's favorite will be Turishcheva's celebrated teammate, Firefly Olga Korbut, 21, who flipped, tumbled, smiled and cried both herself...